Dodington Park
Dodington Park is a country house and estate in Dodington, Gloucestershire, England.
The Codrington family acquired the estate in the late 16th century, when there was a large gabled Elizabethan house and adjoining church.
In the 18th century the family became wealthy from sugar plantations in the West Indies (see History of the British West Indies) and undertook work on the estate. The grounds of 240 ha were laid out around 1764 by Capability Brown and were modified in 1793 by William Emes and John Webb.
The current house was built by James Wyatt between 1798 and 1813 for Christopher Codrington. The church was also rebuilt by Wyatt. A formal garden was added in 1930.
The estate remained in the Codrington family until 1980. It was bought in 2003 by the industrialist James Dyson, inventor of the vacuum cleaner that bears his name.
The River Frome rises in the grounds.
Coordinates: 51°31′1.5″N 2°21′29″W / 51.517083°N 2.35806°W
Further reading
- "Footsteps into History - Dodington" in the Bristol Post
- Legacies of British Slave-ownership: Sir Christopher Bethell-Codrington Bart.
- English Heritage listing for Dodington House
- "The Building of Dodington Park" by Anne Warren. In Architectural History, Vol. 34, (1991), pp. 171-195.